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Amy Kavanagh

PhD
Disability Consultant & Freelancer
Self Employed
Country or state 
United Kingdom
Available to 
Global
City 
London
Fee 
Languages 
English
Volunteer
No

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Bio

"Disability is not shameful. I try to live each day as a challenge to those attitudes and the barriers they create.”

Dr Amy Kavanagh is an award winning disability rights activist and campaigner. She is accompanied by her beautiful cheeky Guide Dog Ava as she navigates the world differently.

Book Amy for an empowering and uplifting story about embracing blindness and becoming a disability activist.

Amy advocates for a more accessible world through consultancy, writing, policy influencing, media and public speaking. She is engaged with a variety of disability issues including, public transport, social inclusion, video games, accessible social media, feminism and the built environment; all with a core commitment to challenge negative attitudes towards disability.

Amy is happy to travel around the UK or deliver online talks for your organisation, conference or panel.

Current position (1)

Disability Consultant & Freelancer

Self Employed

Degrees (3)
PhD - History of British India 1850 to 1905
King's College London
2011 to 2017
MA History
University College London
2010 to 2011
History BA
University of Leeds
2007 to 2010

Presentations

Presentations (3)
Gaming Accessibility Conference

Where do I go? The joys and frustrations of navigating as a blind gamer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFAIP1FSp_4&t=2s

Animex

Disability & Accessibility - A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Bringing animation alive with Audio Description

Dr Amy Kavanagh is a blind cinema fan, but she is often excluded by tv shows or films which don't include Audio Description tracks. This talk will explore what Audio Description brings to your work, the audiences that rely on it and the artistry of describing the moving image.

University of Greenwich Women's Network

Dr Amy Kavanagh is a visually impaired disability activist and campaigner. She launched the #JustAskDontGrab campaign in May 2018 to encourage people to offer assistance in a respectful, consensual and helpful way. By using her experiences, positive and negative, she demonstrates the impact of friendly assistance as well as the distress caused by unwanted touching.

https://gre.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=0cd158db-5423-...

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Amy & Guide Dog Ava
Amy & Guide Dog Ava
Steph's Packed Lunch | Amy Kavanagh On Living With Disability
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Outdoor dining makes guide dog’s job difficult, says visually impaired activist

Expertise (14)

Social & Political
Leadership
Media & Marketing
Disability Disability as a form of Diversity Community Activism Disability Inclusion Disrupting Women Leadership Equality and Diversity service dogs Guide Dog Gaming Public Transport Video games

Clients

University of Greenwich
University of St Andrews
Animex
SEGA

Awards & certifications (1)

Disability Power 100
Shaw Trust
2020

Reviews

Testimonials (2)
  • Amy joined our Global Accessibility Awareness Day panel at SEGA Europe and was a delight to work with. Amy is always well prepared and full of insight, able to convey her personal experiences and in depth disability knowledge to a wide audience. Would definitely hire her again!
    Stacey Jenkins
    Disability Employee Network - Founder and Chair
    SEGA Europe
    Panel
    20/05/2021
    Verified
  • Dr Amy Kavanagh delivered a session at a student focussed conference around Navigating Visible Disability. Amy's shared lived experiences and insight as to how we can do better as a society to support people with disabilities and impairments day to day with the #DontGrabJustAsk campaign and the intersectional experiences of disabled women in academic spaces. An excellent session. We would definitely have Amy back again!
    Raphaella Ward
    Verified
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